For anyone who ever wondered how Natalie and Peter became friends wonder no more here is your answer enjoy .I only own Natalie and Robert

"Mummy!" five year old Peter Pevensie burst into the house his cheeks rosy from playing outside,"Mummy!"

Helen Pevensie stopped stirring the batter to the cake she was making for that night's dinner,"Peter,indoor voice the babies are taking a nap" she reminded him. She wondered what had gotten her normally quiet son excited .

Peter was too excited to use his indoor voice ,he hopped from one foot to the other "Neighborurs,Mummy! we got neighbours and they have a little boy"

Helen wondered how he knew that ,"Peter ,how do you know they have a son " she asked hoping that they did. Peter was starving for a playmate his age .According to him Susan was a" girl "and Edmund was too" little".

"Because,Mummy there's a train set ,I sawed it in the box the top was peeking out only boys play with trains" Peter explained in that fashion only five year olds can accomplish.

"It might belong to a little girl,darling" Helen said .Peter looked up at her

"Mummy" he said patiently "Girls don't play with trains they play with dollies and tea party and teddy bears"

Helen smiled at her son's logic .At five years old he was very opinionated and a bit stubborn something he must have gotten from either his real mother or father .

"I'm hungry" he said suddenly "Can I lick the spoon,please" he asked eyeing the chocolate covered spoon.

Helen handed him the spoon,"Mummy" he asked between licks "If there is a boy can I build a fort ,Daddy can help me "

"We'll see what Daddy says" Helen wiped his mouth "But ,Peter ,it might be a girl or they might be older than you" she warned him

"Boy" he insisted "I'm going outside again" he left throught the back door letting it slam shut,Helen closed her eyes and sighed as Lucy began crying.H er voice drifting down from the nursery

Peter lined up his toy soldiers and plastic animals on the lawn .They were on a safari in Africa

"Bang! Bang! " he knocked over the animals .He was awfully bored .Susan wasn't fun to play with; she insisted on playing dolls and dress-up and house and Edmund was too little to play always insisting toys were his .Lucy was only a baby and put everything in her mouth or threw it .

"Can I play" a child's voice asked .Peter looked up to see a little girl standing on the gate that separated the two gardens .She had auburn hair in two sloppy pigtails a dark blue dress and green eyes .

Peter stared then said,"You're a girl"

The girl stuck out her tongue"You're a boy ,can I play "

Peter shook his head slightly,"You 're a girl" he repeated

The girl giggled,"I like you,you're funny" she climbed over the fence

Peter stared at her. His mouth ope n so wide flies could have flown in and settled there .He had never met a girl who climbed fences before .

"I'm Natalie McDansen,do you like mice" she asked pulling two white mice out of her pocket

"You can't like mice" Peter said 'Girls don't like mice"

Natalie shrugged and pocketed the mice "I can hop on one foot " she said and proceeded to show him.

"You're weird" he said gathering up his toys

"I have a smashing train set,bet you don't have one" Natalie bragged

"Do too" he said

"Where?" she asked

"In my attic ,it has ghosts in it .Bet you don't have ghosts .I bet ours is the only house with a ghost " Peter said proudly

"Pooh,pooh,I don't believe you .I think you're telling fibs " Natalie said "I want to see it "

Peter bit his lip,then said "You can't, you'd be scared and sides ghosts only come out a t night "

"I think you're lying " Natalie said."I don't think you have a ghost in your attic"

"I'm not!,There is a ghost in our attic,I've seen it twice " Peter insisted

"What's it look like" Natalie asked

"It's a lady, she's got long flowing brown hair and a white dress and she moans all the time" Peter said "I' m going inside" he said marching toward the house .

"Mummy!" Peter ran into the house the next morning,Helen looked up from where she was reading Susan and Edmund a story .

"What's wrong? are you hurt?" Helen asked alarm in her voice as she checked him over

Peter shook his head "No,Mummy,you tell Natalie to stop copycatting me,her posed to play dollies and stuff not climb trees.I don't like her,Mummy"

Helen shook her head suppressing the urge to laugh,"Natalie is a tomboy ,honey,she likes to climb trees"

"Her not a boy ,her a girl and her name not Tom it's Natalie" Peter replied before going outside.

Natalie was waiting for him by her gate,she was swinging back and forth and singing

Here we go loopy de looo

Here we go loopy de li

Here we go loopy de loo

All on a Saturday night

She beckoned him over to the gate ,"Come see what I got" she said.Peter scrunched up his nose

"I don't like you" he replied ,but went over anyway .Natalie reached into the pocket of her dress and pulled out a little brown bag .

"What's in there"Peter asked curiously

"Marbles" Natalie said" Come over ,we could play marbles or safari"

Peter shrugged and went over .Natalie hopped off the fence and pulled him to the porch .

"I have a uncle who went to Africa and hunted lions he killed one"Natalie said " And I got an Aunt who's a missnary to leperds"

Peter wrinkled his nose "What's a misnarry" he asked picking up a blue marble and rolling it to the center of the porch .

Natalie shrugged ,"I don't know ,I think they get eaten by cannibals,that's what my cousin told me"

Peter stood up,"I have to go eat lunch,I'll come by after lunch and we could play safari okay" he said ,waving and hopping down the steps.